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How old were the youngest and oldest hoplites in some of the city states. I think that there were teenagers doing border patrol in athens, right? and the older men would usally fight in walls and forts, right?
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In Sparta and Crete service started at 17 but other city states enfrachised citizen hoplites at 18. The classes stayed until 40 on active service and until 50 in reserve-garrison duty.
Sparta naturaly was the exceptiom with service stopping at the 60th year.
Agesilaos had a Bodyguard who was 70 years!!!
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Plutarch includes a quote from the Spartan Hippodamos, who fought and died when he was over eighty years old.
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The young men, if we are to believe the scholars, officially became adults at the age of 18, underwent military training for two years and were also members of the peripoloi (home guards). They remained hoplites from age 20 through 29 with the potential for being called upon until they were 60.
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It takes 2 week throrough training to drill a phalanx.
Motivation though is another mater.
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